Completion date for everyone extended until 31AUGUST2025.
If I had to venture a guess, enough Senior Members didn't complete the Renewal by yesterday's deadline and nearly ALL CAP operations would need to cease nationwide.
But what do I know. ;D
Wo have no problems in my unit but we were also proactive in making sure that everyone over the age of 18 has completed this. Yes cadets are included too.
Ummmm, wasn't it always 31 August?
Quote from: jeders on August 22, 2025, 01:02:55 PMUmmmm, wasn't it always 31 August?
What was put out was 20 August 2025, at least my unit. We had our normal weekly meeting on the 19th and they were insistent that it had to be completed before COB on the 20th. Got to work early the next day so I could knock it out, logged into e-Services, big red banner saying do it, logged into Absorb, first thing that popped up CPPT Renewal, Completed the class and logged in again yesterday to find it is extended to the 31st.
So I never actually bothered to look at any of the due dates, or rather I saw them and then immediately forgot. But I knew it was somewhere around the end of August. So I just went back and looked through my emails and chat groups, and I've come up with at least 5 due dates.
The email in May from the National Commander says August 27th; the email from national AE two weeks ago says the 31st, as does the email from the national commander on the 11th; at least one region commander made it August 1st; your squadron apparently got word that it was the 20th; my wing made the deadline the 18th. So we've got August 1st, 18th, 20th, 27th, and 31st. And people say that CAP has a communication problem...
an oldie but goodie applies here:
QuoteA colonel issued this directive to his executive officer:
Tomorrow evening at approximately 2000 hours, Halley's Comet will be visible in this area, an event which occurs only once every seventy-five years. Have the men fall out in the battalion area in fatigues, and I will explain this rare phenomenon to them. In case of rain we will not be able to see anything, so assemble the men in the theatre and I will show them films of it.
Executive officer to company commander:
By the order of the colonel, tomorrow at 2000 hours, Halley's Comet will appear above the battalion area. If it rains fall the men out in fatigues; then march to the theatre where the rare phenomenon will take place, something which occurs only once every seventy-five years.
Company commander to lieutenant:
By order of the colonel in fatigues at 2000 hours tomorrow evening, the phenomenal Halley's Comet will appear in the theatre. In case of rain in the battalion area, the colonel will give another order, something which occurs once every seventy-five years.
Lieutenant to sergeant:
Tomorrow at 2000 hours, the colonel, in fatigues, will appear in the theatre with Halley's Comet, something which happens every seventy-five years. If it rains, the colonel will order the comet into the battalion area.
Sergeant to squad:
When it rains tomorrow at 2000 hours, the phenomenal seventy-five-year-old General Halley, accompanied by the colonel, will drive his Comet through the battalion area theatre in fatigues.
Or my other old favorite:
Battalion Commander: "OK, Brigade change of command is at 1000. I want the whole battalion in formation NLT 0900."
Company Commander: "OK, battalion says the change of commmand is 0900, so everybody show up for company formation by 0800."
Platoon Leader: "Sergeant, Company formation is at 0800, I want the whole platoon here by 0715."
Platoon Sergeant: "Listen up, squad leaders. Hooah. The LT wants the platoon here by 0715, which means I want you here for inspection by 0630."
Squad Leaders: "TLs, company is forming up at 0630. We'll form everybody up on the company road at 0545 and march to the parking lot, hooah?"
Team leaders to their Joes: "Wake up is at 0400. I want everybody in their uniform by 0430 and we'll meet our squad at zero five in the parking lot and march over to the company road. Don't eat anything, you'll get it on your uniform. Change of command starts at like 0745 or something, I'm sure we'll be all done by 0830 and you can get breakfast then."
What would be fantastic would be if eServices could be updated to send email reminders and set homepage notices like 30 days before any qualification, rating, compliance item, or anything else with an expiration is set to expire so the message is timely, accurate, and specific to the person. A link to the relevant thing to do to renew the thing that's expiring would be mind-blowing too.
I'd agree. With all the advancements in LMS, Absorb, etc. a reminder, email or otherwise ought to have been incorporated looong ago. Pretty weird it hasn't been thought about before this
Quote from: heliodoc on August 27, 2025, 12:48:07 AMI'd agree. With all the advancements in LMS, Absorb, etc. a reminder, email or otherwise ought to have been incorporated looong ago. Pretty weird it hasn't been thought about before this
It may have been thought of by multiple people but they are very unwilling to make any changes to eServices because they're afraid of what would happen if they introduced a bug in to the system.
This could be a well founded fear...